The Most Powerful Man in the World

In the blink of an eye, dozens of roars sounded almost at the same time. Even the city walls shook. In the smoke of gunpowder, the Tartar army below was startled. The front part of the Tartar army was almost The conditioned reflex generally looked towards the city of Beijing.

After all, it is an army of nearly [-] people. When it is spread out, it is a huge piece. From the forward to the defender, it is at least a few miles away. It exploded like thunder.

Chapter Three Hundred and Ninety-Eighth Son of Heaven! 【2 more】

"not good!"

At the moment of hearing the thunder, the Tatar generals such as Ballsborough felt a little uneasy in their hearts, and the guards guarding around Ballsborough raised their shields towards Barr by instinct. Sprott and others moved closer.

Dozens of people instantly protected Ballsborough in the middle.

As the earth shook, a roaring sound came, and several bursting bullets exploded around Ballsborough and the others. One of the solid bullets whistled past these people. The household was smashed into pieces by artillery shells, and the shells bounced endlessly, crushing them all the way, directly causing dozens of casualties among the Tatar soldiers.

After a wave of shelling, it took dozens of breaths, followed by another wave of shelling.

The artillerymen above the city walls quickly loaded the shells and fired.

Although the speed is not fast, it is very stable, and each wave can cause hundreds of Tatar casualties.

After the first wave of artillery, the blasted and disgraced Ballsborough emerged from under the protection of his guards, thanks to dozens of guards protecting him with flesh and blood, otherwise one of the bombs would be a few miles away. The explosion exploded in the distance, and the broken iron flew around, killing and injuring more than a dozen guards on the spot.

If Ballsborough was not blocked by his bodyguards, he was either injured or killed.

When he woke up, Ballsborough only saw the roaring of dozens of cannons above the city, and his eyes couldn't help showing endless anger and roaring: "Longevity is on the sky, all the soldiers will kill me!"

It is good that the stunned Tatars did not have a large-scale riot. At this moment, I heard the roar of Bals, and as the orders were conveyed, I saw those Tatars who were suffocated. The soldiers frantically urged their horses to rush towards the city wall.

On the city wall, watching the artillery work, the morale of the Ming soldiers was naturally high, and many people couldn't help cheering.

The British father Zhang Mao, Han Kun and others also showed some smiles on their faces, Cheng Xiangwu even stroked his beard and laughed: "The artillery left by the chief manager is so powerful, it's a pity that it didn't kill Tatar. Prince Tar!"

As he spoke, he saw the Tartars below, driving their horses straight towards the city wall like a madman, and looking at the posture, they actually wanted to attack the city.

Lu Dazhu smacked his lips, and looked at the Tatars who came on horses from below with a dull expression and said: "These people are not crazy, they are cavalry, how to attack the city? Is it possible that you still want to rely on horses? Can't you knock down the city wall?"

Just as they were talking, they saw these charging Tatar soldiers draw their bows and arrows one by one, and they heard the sound of banging, and a rain of arrows shot towards the city wall.

"No, hurry up and escape!"

No need for Han Kun and others to remind them, the soldiers above the city wall instinctively hid behind the city wall while the Tartars below bent their bows and arrows.

A rain of arrows fell on the city wall, and there was a muffled sound. It was obvious that some people were still injured by the rain of arrows, but after all, the city wall was used as a shield, and not many people were really injured by the rain of arrows.

Cheng Xiangwu was dressed in armor, and the sword in his hand was dancing to block a rain of arrows that shot at him. Looking at the waves of the Tatar army charging below, he couldn't help shouting: "Everyone is covered by the rain of arrows!"

Although the Tatars said they were attacking with arrow rain, they were covered by the city wall after all, so as the defending side, the soldiers above the city wall should not worry too much about the arrow rain.

But the Tartars below were different. Following Cheng Xiangwu's order, the impatient archers who had been waiting for a long time bent their bows and arrows and threw arrows out of the city.

You don't need to aim, just throw it straight into the sky, it's enough, there is a darkness under the city wall, I dare not say that every arrow that is thrown down can hit a Tatar soldier, but the lethality is not to be underestimated. .

This wave of arrows rained down, thousands of arrows covered an area, and almost instantly, at least hundreds of Tatars fell to the ground with arrows.

In the chaos, many Tartar soldiers who fell off their horses were trampled to death by the accompanying horses even if they were not shot by arrows on the spot.

Even if they escaped one or two, but when the army charged, under the galloping horses, even the grassland people could not control the horses at will, especially in the roar of the cannons, many horses. It has already been shocked, and it is already amazing how Tatar soldiers control horses without running around.

The Tartars under the city threw arrows frantically, and at the same time above the city wall, the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty also shot arrows, and at the same time, many firearms began to show their power.

Such as firearms, a swarm of bees and other firearms erupted, and suddenly a pungent gunpowder filled the city wall, and the choking gunpowder smell was pungent.

Ballsborough, who had already withdrawn several miles away, stood in the distance, looking at the situation in front of the city wall from a distance, a team of ten thousand people was frantically attacking the city.

Of course, the Tatars are not fools. It is obviously unrealistic to rely on cavalry to attack the city.

But Ballsborough still ordered a team of [-] people to attack the city, and its purpose was very simple, just to test the ability of the Daming side to defend the city.

Looking at the city wall filled with gunpowder with a solemn expression, Ballsborough's eyes were full of solemnity.

Whether a city is easy to attack, the most important thing is the spirit of the defenders. The city of Beijing is tall, and the morale of the defenders is high, especially the firearms are fierce. It can be said that after a wave of testing, Ballsborough did not have it at all. Find any flaws in the city of Beijing.

The [-]-strong team of ten thousand men watched helplessly as their soldiers fell under the city wall, either being shot by arrows, being killed by firearms, or being bombarded by the continuous artillery.

In just half an hour, the Tatars killed and injured at least thousands of people, and there was a sound of mourning under the city walls.

Wanfu Damon's blue veins burst out and said to Ballsborough: "His Royal Highness, let's stop the troops, if this goes on, the clansmen won't be able to bear it!"

Ballsborough glanced at Damon, nodded slightly, and suddenly a desolate horn sounded, and saw those Tartar soldiers, like amnesty, quickly urged them to get off their horses and retreat.

It was just a blink of an eye. The Tatars who were originally gathered under the city walls were completely evacuated, leaving only the dead and wounded on the ground.

Even in the era when firearms completely replaced cold weapons, few soldiers died directly on the battlefield, and most of them died of serious injuries.

Now on the city wall, there are almost three or four thousand Tatar soldiers, of which there are about two thousand soldiers who died directly, and the rest are wounded.

The injuries of these wounded were light or serious, the serious ones were dying, and the light ones, that is, the arrows were not fatal. Many Tatar soldiers who were lightly wounded climbed out of the pile of dead people, but they were greeted with arrows. Shoot on the spot.

On the city wall, seeing the Tartars retreat, many people breathed a sigh of relief, and their faces showed joy.

It has to be said that the entry of [-] Tatars into the bandit is a great pressure for everyone. Even if these soldiers say that there is no pressure in their hearts, I am afraid no one will believe it.

After all, the soldiers in the capital had never had any experience of fighting against the Tartars at all, and without the experience of fighting against each other, they would naturally have no confidence in their hearts, and their hearts would be up and down.

However, in this fight, the original worry and so on all disappeared.

The Tatars are nothing more than that. Relying on the city of Beijing, coupled with various weapons to defend the city, the Tatars were killed and injured by thousands of people in just one wave, which can almost be regarded as a great victory.

Especially after the statistics of the casualties of the defenders, only less than [-] people were accidentally shot by the arrows of the Tartars. This casualty was insignificant compared to the hundreds of thousands of troops, and even less than the casualties of the Tartars. Pitiful.

The British prince stroked his beard and said with a smile in his eyes: "Quickly send someone to report victory to His Majesty!"

In the palace, even sitting there and playing chess with Wang Hua, Zhu Houzhao was restless.

Wang Hua was the teacher of Zhu Houzhao's East Palace, and the two used to have the friendship of master and apprentice. Now Wang Hua looked at Zhu Houzhao's restless appearance and couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, when you are a monarch, you should be a mountain that collapses without changing your color... "

Zhu Houzhao coughed lightly and was about to speak, when he saw a Jin Yiwei striding forward with a look of joy, and said from a distance, "Good news, good news..."

When Zhu Houzhao heard the words, he stood up suddenly, he didn't care about the majesty of the emperor, he stared at the Jinyiwei with burning eyes and said, "Come on!"

The Jin Yiwei said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the Tatar army is approaching the city, and the British generals and other generals annihilated the Tatar army, killing thousands of enemies, and only a hundred casualties..."

"Hahahaha! God bless me Daming, God bless me Daming!"

Hearing the good news suddenly, Zhu Houzhao couldn't help laughing.

Jiao Fang, Chen Ding, Wang Hua and the others all breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, their faces also showed a relaxed look, and said to Zhu Houzhao: "Congratulations to Your Majesty and my Daming!"

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but rejoiced in his heart and said: "Pass on my will, the soldiers in front, kill one enemy, reward fifty taels of silver, kill the elders of thousands of Tatar husbands, seal uncles, kill the chiefs of the enemy, and seal the marquis of Pinglu! The wounded will be rewarded fifty taels of silver, and the dead will be given [-] taels of compensation! I will not hesitate to reward anyone who defends my great Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty Shengming, my Daming Jiangshan will last forever!"

The Tatars are no more than [-] people. Even if the [-] Tatar army led by Dayan Khan is counted, the total is [-]. According to Zhu Houzhao's reward, even if the [-] Tatar army will enter the bandit is all. To kill, the court only needs to take out ten million taels of silver.

Even if you add your own casualty compensation, the maximum is more than [-] million taels of silver. If you can really destroy the [-] elite Tatar army in one battle, not to mention more than [-] million taels, even if it is doubled. There will be no hesitation in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 3 Have you forgotten the madman? 【[-] more】

Not to mention the tens of millions of silver grains in the treasury, based on Zhu Houzhao's understanding of Chu Yi, this time Jiangnan suppressed the rebellion, if Chu Yi did not slaughter in Jiangnan, it would be a strange thing.

At that time, Chu Yi is afraid that at least tens of millions of taels of silver will be brought back, so Zhu Houzhao is absolutely not worried that the promised reward will not be fulfilled.

As the saying goes, if you have food in your hands, don't panic. The Ming court and even the emperor's inner treasury is unprecedentedly abundant. If this were changed before, the treasury would not even be able to take out millions of taels of silver, even if Zhu Houzhao wanted to use gold and silver rewards to boost morale , I am afraid that few front-line soldiers will believe it.

After all, if the imperial court has money or not, it cannot be deceived.

Is the court rich?It was really not there before, but now it is really rich.

Fools all know that Chu Yi has a tendency to loot his family, and he has looted tens of millions of grains of silver for the court and the emperor, so no one will doubt the reward promised by the emperor.

When the emperor's will was conveyed to the army, the soldiers of the three armies rejoiced.

Being a soldier and eating food and fighting for the country is the duty, and the reward promised by Zhu Houzhao naturally belongs to another emperor's gift, how can the generals and soldiers not rejoice.

Think about it, on the battlefield, if you kill an enemy, you can get fifty taels of silver reward, which is almost equal to their military salary for three or four years. I don't know how many soldiers are gearing up for it.

Even if it is for the reward of silver, when the time comes to kill the enemy, you will have to fight with all your life to kill the enemy.

It has to be said that with money, many problems are not a problem, morale can be boosted by rewarding money, and the heroic emperor can buy the lives of the Tartars with money.

Hearing the cheers from the city, in the palace, Jiao Fang's cabinet officials couldn't help but opened their mouths to say something when they heard Zhu Houzhao's heroic award.

The treasury is indeed unprecedentedly rich, but they are really worried that if such a wave continues, the treasury will return to a state of poverty.

Chen Ding, who was in charge of the Ministry of Households, opened his mouth but sighed softly. At this time, he couldn't open his mouth to stop the emperor from sealing the reward. If he dared to open his mouth, I was afraid that he would be torn to shreds by the soldiers of the three armies.

Zhu Houzhao noticed the expressions of the patriarchs, and guessed what the patriarchs were worried about, and heard Zhu Houzhao smile slightly: "Don't worry about the patriarchs, you should know what the Tartars are doing to me. The harm is great, not to mention ten or twenty million taels of silver. If it can really hurt the Tartars and make the Tartars unable to intrude on my Ming Dynasty for decades, even if the reward is doubled, I am willing to take it out. "

Being able to sit in a high position, no one knows the dangers of the alien races on the northern grasslands to the Central Plains, let alone the other, just to defend against the alien races in the north, the imperial court arranged hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in the nine-sided land, these are all, the imperial court Every year, millions of taels of silver are used to support the nine sides.

If it catches up with the Tatars and plunders, counting their losses, the Ming Dynasty will pay at least millions of taels of silver every year because of the Tatars.

So if it is true that a battle can make the Tatars powerless to go south for dozens or hundreds of years, even they will not refuse.

Jiao Fang and the others looked at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Your Majesty's words are very true. The ministers have no opinion on His Majesty's decision. They are just worried that the national treasury will be empty at that time, which will affect many of the originally set policies."

After all, there is money in the treasury, and many officials in the court also want to do some things.

For example, in the construction of water conservancy, the merit is in the contemporary era, and the benefit is in the future. If he repaired the water conservancy in the world during his reign, he would definitely leave a strong mark on the history books.

Spend the money of the imperial court and make a name for it in history, why not do it.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Could it be that the elders of the pavilion forgot that the Chu partner is not available. With the great partner, are you still worried that the national treasury will be short of money?"

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's remarks, Chen Ding, Wang Hua and the others were all stunned for a moment, their faces were a bit stunned. They had forgotten that Chu Yi was a wealth-gathering madman with a nature of looting.

The treasury of the Daming court was unprecedentedly rich, and in just a few short years, it had collected tens of millions of taels of silver, which almost exceeded the tax revenue of the previous decades of Daming.

Thinking about how Chu Yi personally went to Jiangnan to quell the rebellion, even an idiot could guess that once the rebellion of King Ning was quelled, the nobles and dignitaries in the south of the Yangtze River who attached to King Ji Ning, with Chu Yi's temperament, would not know what to do. It would be a strange thing if Yi did not take these people into their homes and exterminate their families, dig three feet into the ground, and scavenge them all.

That is the prosperous south of the Yangtze River. How much wealth is in the south of the Yangtze River. As high-ranking officials of the imperial court, it would be strange if they did not count them in their hearts.

Chen Ding was the most honest, stroked his beard, and said with a bit of anticipation: "I want to come to the chief executive to copy at least dozens of houses this time, and if the national treasury can have [-] to [-] million taels of silver, even if the old man falls asleep. , you can wake up laughing in your sleep."

Zhu Houzhao smiled and said, "Aiqings, why don't you take a guess, how much silver can you bring back from Jiangnan this time?"

Everyone looked at each other, Jiao Fang smiled and said, "The old minister thought that the chief executive should be able to bring back [-] million taels of silver."

Wang Hua raised his brows. He had been in Nanjing City for several years, and he knew nothing about Jiangnan's rich people. He pondered a little and said, "I think the chief executive should be able to bring back [-] million taels of silver."

Chen Ding couldn't help but glanced at Wang Hua, his eyes widened and said: "This... this is impossible, unless the chief executive has copied all the dignitaries and gentry in Nanjing City!"

Wang Hua glanced at Chen Ding lightly and said, "Do you think the chief executive dare not?"

"what……"

When Chen Ding heard the words, he couldn't help but stagnate, and wiped out the dignitaries and gentry in the entire Nanjing city. If it were someone else, he would definitely not have the courage, but if it was Chu Yi, Chen Ding couldn't guarantee it. In this world, there are not many things that Chu Yi dare not do. As for killing all the powerful and powerful in Nanjing City, Chen Ding feels that the more he thinks about it, the more likely it is.

Just when Chen Ding and others were discussing Chu Yi, in Nanjing city, Chu Yi, as always, handed over the big and small affairs to his subordinates to do, unless the matter was of great importance and he had to make a decision, otherwise, Chu Yi would do it. Absolutely will not interfere.